[Sportsandrec] Rugby?

[Ricky Lomey]

Hi Ken

Hope rugby will also be broadcast on radio in the U.S. as well.

The only adaptation for the blind is for partially sighted who can play, our
school had a team. I think the ball may be a different colour or something,
nothing for the blind though I read in the U.K. rugby league is working on
an audible and florescent ball. I'm surprised the game has not been adapted
for wheelchairs as wheelchair or qua rugby does not use the oval ball.



Rick



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick" <n.w.g at aggiemail.usu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Rugby?


Fast like soccer?

On 6/30/09, Kenlawrence124 at aol.com <Kenlawrence124 at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi List members, Ken Here.  First of all, love the newsletter  Lisamaria.
> I'm putting feelers out about maybe starting a beep baseball  team here in
> NJ and will let all of you know.  An article in today's sports  section in
> USA Today gave me this idea.  On Saturday at 4:00 Eastern time  ESPN will
> for
> the first time televise a Rugby match between the United States  and
Canada
> and if the US team wins the series, they qualify for the world cup in
2011.
>  This is the first time a Rugby match will be televised live.   Does
anyone
> know of any way the sport has been adapted for the blind?  I  think it's a
> great game and have heard matches broadcast on BBC world service  from the
> domestic radio 5 live.  It's fast like soccer, and has the hard  hits like
> Football, and it's nonstop action with two 40 minute halves and no  time
> outs.
>  Ken.
>
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